Ernest K. Ryu
Scholar

Ernest K. Ryu

Google Scholar ID: CNOqUZoAAAAJ
University of California, Los Angeles
Deep learning theoryConvex optimization
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Citations & Impact
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Citations
2,909
 
H-index
27
 
i10-index
48
 
Publications
20
 
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0
 
Publications
15 items
Learning Policy from a Single Trajectory in Average-Reward Markov Decision Process
2026
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Policy Gradient Algorithms in Average-Reward Multichain MDPs
2026
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Why Policy Gradient Algorithms Work for Undiscounted Total-Reward MDPs
2025
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Finite-Time Bounds for Average-Reward Fitted Q-Iteration
2025
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Traveling Salesman-Based Token Ordering Improves Stability in Homomorphically Encrypted Language Models
2025
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Clip-Low Increases Entropy and Clip-High Decreases Entropy in Reinforcement Learning of Large Language Models
2025
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Sharpness-Aware Minimization Can Hallucinate Minimizers
2025
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STORK: Improving the Fidelity of Mid-NFE Sampling for Diffusion and Flow Matching Models
2025
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Resume
Academic Achievements
  • Sloan Research Fellowship, 2025
  • INFORMS Optimization Society Young Researchers Prize, 2024
  • Education Prize, College of Natural Science, SNU, 2024
  • KSIAM Outstanding Young Investigator Award, 2023
  • Excellent Research Award, College of Natural Science, SNU, 2023
  • Samsung Science & Technology Foundation Grant (No. SSTF-BA2101-02), 2021
  • Gene Golub Best Thesis Award, 2016
  • Simons Math+X Graduate Fellowship, 2012
  • NASA Tech Brief Award, 2011
  • DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (SCGF), 2010
  • Caltech Upper Class Merit Award, 2008